stagehand action occasionally return two xpath which locates the same object but one of them successfully click the button while the other does not
Author: alexsiu398Created Dec 18, 2025Updated Sep 17, 2026
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Environment Information
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Stagehand:
- Language/SDK: Python
- Stagehand version: 0.5.7
AI Provider:
- Provider: gemini, cerebras
- Model: gemini-2.0-flash, gemini-2.5-flash, gpt-oss-120b, llama-3.3-70b
Issue Description
stagehand action return two xpath locates the same object but one of them successfully click the button while the other does not
Steps to Reproduce
- stagehand action to click a login button
- check the results
Minimal Reproduction Code
from stagehand import Stagehand
async def main():
stagehand = Stagehand(
env="LOCAL",
model_name="google/gemini-2.5-flash",
model_api_key=os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY")
)
await stagehand.init()
page = stagehand.page
await page.goto("https://mywebapp.com")
# Act on the page
await page.act("Click the Login button")
await page.act("Input email [email protected]")
await stagehand.close()
if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(main())
Error Messages / Log trace
correctly click the button xpath=/html/body[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/nav[1]/div[1]/div[3]/button[1]/span[1]
cannot click the button xpath=/html/body[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/form[1]/div[3]/button[1].
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Source: browserbase/stagehand